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In 1959, Martin Luther King Jr was known chiefly for his role in the successful Montgomery bus boycott. It was years before his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington. Long thought lost, the interview was found and rebroadcast in 2009. In it, King sat down for his KTCA interview with L. Howard Bennett, a civil rights leader and the first African-American judge in Minnesota.
00:00 Introduction to "That Free Men May Live" series, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and L. Howard Bennett.
01:55 Problems Black people faced in Southern States to achieving first-class citizenship (in 1959)
04:20 1954 Supreme Court decision impacted change here and internationally
06:15 Neighborhood and school segregation issue in Northern Communities
08:18 Racial covenants unenforceable in the courts, but doesn't change fixed attitudes
09:05 Migration of Southern Black people and Puerto Ricans impact on communities, its leaders and role of government
14:51 Slavery and segregation caused bitterness
18:20 Hate hurts the hater and the hated
18:50 Love effective agent for dealing with social problems
21:27 Press toward freedom reaction, critics
23:30 White community responsibility on removing segregation, discrimination
25:50 Seek to improve standards
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